"An initial appeal has been launched for £50,000 to enable the locomotive to be dismantled and assessed." £50,000, some sort of joke ? I...
The correct grade of stainless steel plate deals with the corrosion problems. Zip it up with a MIG welder. Stick on dummy rivets, job done....
Ho, hum, let me think. Locomotive owners sent their pride and joy to Llangollen to be fixed. ( note that the engineering business and the...
Time will tell. At least the timetable paths are there and should public demand decree then steam can be substituted for diesel. It is easy to...
I visited on the Sunday. A very well run event on a splendid railway that , seemingly forgotten by many critics, has risen from nothing in the...
Great, so all those who bought tickets in advance can now enjoy the warm feeling of having been ripped off. It looks to me like financial panic...
The buzz is that it's leaving Leaky's next week and heading back to the Lane.
Well, they are not the only railway to make a loss in 2022. Welcome to the new reality.
So a 9F is being replaced by an ex NCB shunter?
And so it was and will continue to do so now that common sense has prevailed. However, the cynic may well say that the railway is now better off...
Ex Devonport Dockyard No 19 currently in store at the Bodmin and Wenford has been open to offers for over a year but with little or no interest....
I can feel a conspiracy theory coming on.........
Been there, done it, got the T shirt and the bruises. The present course of action is the correct one, in fact the only one given the dire state...
Agreement on Washford between WSRHT & S&DRT The West Somerset Railway Heritage Trust (WSRHT) and Somerset & Dorset Railway Trust (S&DRT) are...
I suppose this will buy the Bodmin and Wenford a breathing space until the next financial crisis arrives.
Another railway that is reaping the benefits of some very poor decisions by those in charge. Recovery will be a long, uncertain road.
What's a pannier worth? From the information on Companies House the last year was a financial disaster so the family silver is being sold. Better...
"One tube blanked off" and you're hoping for an extension to the boiler ticket. What sort of boiler inspector do you have?
"turnover is vanity, profit is reality but cash is king". A lot of heritage railways have forgotten this saying hence the deep mire many are in.
Friday the 29th of December
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